Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-31
QUICK WORK.
A NEW INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE OF con-
SIDERABLE MAGNITUDE
Brought Into Bang Almost in an HOur-Oganizahor
ola $4,000 Pottery Com
pany.

Idlk ABOUT western anu SoutneTh Gu
ergy and activity in business circles! Their
was a little transaction in staid old Wheel
ing yesterday afternoon which, We will
venture to assert, cannot be duplicated II
ten States. A new industrial enterprise
of great magnitude, and Of vital import
snce to the city was organized, seventy
five thousand dollars of stock subscribed
in an hour, and in another sixty minute:
a factory site had been selected and pur
chased, and the dimensions of the building
and capacity of the plant determined
upon.
The new enterprise is called the l.
BELLE Pottery Company. The stOckhold
ers are Geo. X. Wheat, W. A. ISett, L. sM
Pearson, J. N. Vance, c. w. Franzheim
w. /. Hearne, NJ. Gutman, ID, Gutman
Alex. LANG, William Kirbach, II. c. Fran
zbeim and Charles CraddOck. OF thes'
gentlemen MeSsrs. Wheat, lsett Pearson
9. w. Frapzheim and Kirbach are th'
owners of the present Wheeling Pottery
COMPANY, and they will own a controlling
interest in the new enterprise. The othel
seven gentlemen are new investors IN TIT
pottery field. Of them Mr.. CraddOck Is
practical man, he being the very capable
decorator at the Wheeling Pottery Com
pany's works.
There had, of course, been some httl'
preliminary talk over the project Of erect
inc a new pottery plant, among the stock
holders in the existing pottery, an en-
largement of the plant being very desir
able. Nothing definite had been agreed
upon until yesterday, however, when, attel
some little telephoning, the gentlemen go
together about three o'clock. A very
short talk settled the matter and by toul
o'clock the stock was all gone Then came
the matter of site. A piece of ground wa
suggested. The suggestion was approved,
and by ) o'clock the land had been trans
ferred to the new organization. 1t wa
impossible to make application to the Sec
rotary of State for a charter last evening
but that will be done to-day, and then the
work of putting up building Will Dc
taken energeticallY in hand.
The location of the new pottery Will be
ON the west side of Wood street, directly
Opposite the La Belle Mill. The ground
purchased yesterday comprises lots Nos. 4,
). G, 7, 3 and 9, in square No. "a in Cald'
wells addition to the city. The lots are
50xlOO feet each, and the plot Ofground thus
fronts 300 feet on Wood street, running
back 100 feet. The building will cover this
entire ground, and will be Of brick, five
stories high, making it the largest edifce
in the city. The plans have been drawn
by Mr.. E. NJ. Pearson, and the work Of
erection will be under the sole control o.
that gentleman, who will also supervise the
purchase and erection of the machinery
and have general control of the operation
of the plant. The factory will contain
eight large >kilns and eight decorating
kilns. and will be fitted throughout with
the latest and most approved machinery
About three hundred and fifty hands viii
find employment, of whom one hundred
and fifty will be newcomers to the city
making a very substantial and desirable
increase to the population of the town.
The energy display by the stockholders
Yesterday will be kept up right along. 1t is
expected ground will be broken for the
building next Monday, and it is hoped
everything will be ready for operations by
the middle of next October or the first OF
November at the farthest. The location
chosen for the new enterprise is splendid
one. High enough to be out of all danger
of Hoods, there is also excellent shipping
facilities close at hand, and at the SAINT
time the new works are close enough 4
the present pottery to enable the officers Il
manage both concerns. The officers oil tn
Wheeling Pottery will also he the officer
Of the La Belle, and the existing cOmpan,
will have control OF all the operations o
the new venture. This is guarantee Oft
success.
The present Wheeling Pottery Com
pany's plant consists of seven large kiln
and six decorating kilnS. The new work
will add eight kilns of each class to thi
number, making total of fifteen larry
kilns and fourteen decorating kilnS in tn
two works. The output of the La Bell
will thus considerably exceed that OF tn
Wheeling pottery.
The successful organization Of thi
important manufacturing establishment
should be q matter Disqualification TO ever,
citizen of Wheeling. Ii means much
And especially does it show that our peo
pie are capable of building up the city an,
extending its manufactures once they
make up their minds TO do it. The ex
ample given yesterday is n good one, an'
it should he speedily duplicated in one o
two directions.